Poultry nest and feeder.



A. J. LEDDELL.

POULTRY NEST AND FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.14, 1909.

965,308. Patented July 26, 1910.

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APPLIOATION FILED AUG.14, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON J. LEDDELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bonetraill, in the county of Williams and State of NorthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PoultryNests and Feeders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in poultrynests.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a nest structurearranged for laying, sitting and brooding hens, so that the fowls mayget both feed and water while upon the nest.

A further object is to provide a hens nest including a feed reservoir,hopper, and means to distribute the feed within a suitable trough.

Another object is to provide a poultry feeding apparatus used inconnection with a feed bin, from which the feed is led into a travelingreservoir, from which the feed is distributed into a circular trough.

A still further object is to provide a feed reservoir with an agitatingmeans constructed so that the feed will be mixed within the reservoir.

With these and other objects in view, the present invention consists inthe combina tion and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and par ticularly pointed out in the appended claims, itbeing understood that changes in the specific structure shown anddescribed may be made within the scope of the claims without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 shows an elevational view of a nest structure embodyin myinvention, Fig. 2 is a central verticaI sectional view through thestructure, Fig. 3 shows a fragmentary view disclosing the nest housing,Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1O designates a feed bin whichmay be round or square in cross section arranged to hold a suitableamount of feed. This bin is provided with the cross cleat 12 carryingthe hinges 13 which hinges in turn support Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed August 14, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

Serial No. 512,905.

the lids 11 as shown. This bin is supported upon the standards 14 andhas a hopper 16 closed by means of valves 15. A feed spout 17 extendsfrom the hopper 16, the spout ending in the crook 19 as disclosed. Inconnection with this feed bin I employ a suitable nest structurecomprising the base member 20 supported by means of the legs 24. Thisbase member is provided with the nest depressions 21 circularlyarranged, and surrounding these nest pockets 21 is the shallow circulartrough 22, adjacent to which is held the circular trough 23 of a greaterwidth and depth than the water trough 22, this trough 23 being arrangedto hold and contain the feed. Each nest is separated from the other bymeans of a partition 25, one of the compartments which is slightlysmaller than the rest is arranged to hold the receptacle 26 within whichthe water is held, this water receptacle having the stop cook 27arranged -to empty into the water trough 22, as disclosed.

The partitions 25 support the top 28 and held within this top 28 and thecentral portion of the bottom or base member 20, is the standard orshaft 30, held to the base member by means of the nuts 31 as shown. Nearits upper end this shaft 30is provided with the supporting collar 33,which collar supports the turn table 35. Resting upon thls turn tablebut fixed to the stationary shaft 30, is the gear 36. Secured to theunder surface of the turn table 35, is the rack gear 41, this rack gearbeing engaged by the pinion 40 carried upon the shaft 38 which shaft issupported within the yoke 37. The shaft 38 is operated by means of thecrank 39. Revolubly heldwithin the turntable 35 is an arbor 42, thisarbor carrying the pinion 43 meshing with the gear 36, and carried bythis pinion 43 is the reservoir 46, the arbor 42 extending through thebottom 45 of this reservoir. The pinion 43 it will be noted is of adiameter less than the diameter of the reservoir which is preferablyround. This reservoir is provided with the securing ears 50 arranged toreceive suitable screws so that this reservoir is fixed to theturntable. Carried upon the arbor 42 within the reservoir 46 are theagitating blades 48 arranged to rotate with the pinion 43. A lid 47covers this reservoir 46 and has a central op'enin through which thecrooked end 19 of the 'eed spout 17 eX-. tends. Laterally extending fromthis reservoir 46 is the feedspout 49 which below empties into the feedtrough 23 as disclosed.

The operation of my device is very simple. The reservoir 46 is filledfrom the feed bin 10 in opening the valve 15. The feed then isdistributed within the trough 23 in rotating the gear 40 which rotatesthe turn table 35 to carry the feed spout 49 in the circular path abovethe trough 23. As the gear 36 is stationary in rota-ting the turn table35 the pinion 43 is rotated resulting in these band blades 48 beingrevolved to thoroughly mix the feed as well as forcing the samelaterally outward so that the feed will escape down the feed pipe 49.

The nozzle of the stop cook 27 is so arranged that when the cock is openthe water will automatically feed from the receptacle 26 into the watertrough 22 as required. The top 28 is further removable so that the neststructure may be readily and conveniently cleaned.

Even while not used as a nest structure, the device serves as a poultryfeeder. The supporting legs 24 are of such a height that the water aswell as the feed trough may be readily reached by the poultry from theground. The device is further portable, readily operated and simple ofconstruc- 1 "tion, and as the lower end of the feed spout 49 trailswithin the feed trough 23, there will be no overflow or waste of thefeed out of this trough 23.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a base member having a plurality of nestcompartments, a circumscribing feed trough, a turntable held above saidtrough and a reservoir carried by said turntable emptying into saidtrough.

2. In combination, a base member having a plurality of nestcompartments, a circumscribing feed trough, a shaft held to said basemember, a turntable carried by said shaft, and a reservoir carried bysaid turntable emptying into said trough.

3. In combination, a base member having a plurality of nestcompartments, a circumscribing feed trough within said base member, avertically disposed shaft carried by said base member, a turntablecarried by said shaft, a reservoir carried by said turntable, saidreservoir emptying into said trough, and means to rotate said turntable.

4. The combination with a base member having a plurality of nestcompartments, of a circumscribii'ig feed trough surrounding said nestcompartments, a vertically disposed shaft carried by said base member, aturntable carried by said shaft, a feed reserbase member, a verticalshaft held to said.

base member, a turntable carried by said shaft, a reservoir carried bysaid turntable, a spout emptying from said reservoir into said feedtrough, agitating blades within' said reservoir, a pinion carried by theturntable and secured to said blades and a gear carried by said shaftmeshing with said pinion.

6. The combination with a base member having a plurality of nestcompartments, of a circumscribing trough within said base member, avertically disposed shaft carried by said base member, a turntablerevolubly carried by said shaft, means to rotate said turntable, a gearcarried by said shaft, an arbor carried by said turntable, a pinioncarried by said arbor connected with said gear, a reservoir, said arborextending into said reservoir and being carried by said pinion,agitating blades secured to said arbor within said reservoir, and a feedspout extending from said reservoir and entering into said trough.

7 The combination with a feed bin, of a feed spout extending from saidbin, a base member below said feed bin, a feed trough carried by saidbase member, a shaft carried by said base member, a turntable revolublysecured to said base member, an arbor carried by said turntable, apinion secured to said arbor, a gear secured to said shaft meshing withsaid pinion, a reservoir revolubly carried upon said arbor, agitatingblades secured to said arbor within said reservoir, said feed pipeemptying into said reservoir, means to rotate said turntable, and a feedspout extending from said reservoir emptying into said trough.

8. The combination with a base member, provided with a feed trough, of ashaft carried by said base member, a turntable revolubly carried by saidshaft, a rack gear carried by said turntable, a pinion carried by saidbase member meshing with said turntable, a gear carried by saidshaft, anarbor carried by said turntable, a pinion carried by said arbor meshingwith said last mentioned gear,-a reservoir carried by said arbor,agitating blades secured to said arbor within said reservoir, a feedspout emptying from said reservoir into said feed trough, a feed bin,and a feed pipe extending from said feed bin into said reservoir.

9. The combination with a base member having a feed and water trough, aWater supply emptying into said water trough,

a shaft carried by said base member, a turntable carried by said shaft agear secured to said shaft, an arbor carried by said turntable, a pinioncarried by said arbor meshing With said gear, a reservoir secured tosaid arbor, blades secured to said arbor Within said reservoir, a feedpipe entering from said reservoir into said trough, a feed bin, and avalve controlled feed spout entering from said bin into said reservoir.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

ANTON J. LEDDELL.

Witnesses:

MATTIE A. LEDDELL, OSCAR S. LEDDELL.

